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Two dead after shooting in Cottage Grove

Two people are dead after a shooting Thursday in a suburban Twin Cities strip mall.

Cottage Grove Chief of Police Craig Woolery said at about 3:30 p.m. multiple people called with reports of several shots fired and a man chasing a woman in the parking lot of a small strip mall off Highway 61.

"Reportedly, a male's chasing a female with a gun. Officers arrived found two people shot, one female is deceased," Woolery said. "She was found inside Jimmy John's."

The man was found with what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Woolery said. The alleged shooter was taken to Regions Hospital, where he later died. Police have yet to identify the suspect or victim.